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In recent months while staying home a lot, I've gone through boxes in my collection stash that haven't been opened for at least a decade. I bought a Johnny Service gas station and body shop playset over 15 years ago. The tow truck in the set was busted up and crudely repainted. I decided to improve on that somehow. I found a COE trash truck toy at a flea market that was about the right scale size 1/18.
I salvaged the tow winch boom off the old truck and adapted it onto the back of the trash truck frame with a little aluminum diamond plate, screws and glue.
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Have gas all the time
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I put my Johnny Service body shop and gas station sets on shelves in my petro room but they were kind of in a shadow of the shelves above. My full time decor advisor suggested that I put in some under cabinet lights like I used in our kitchen. That made a huge difference in how the display looked.
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made a big difference- like nite & day .. ...
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Nice Jim,now pick yourself up a car wash for it.. https://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-TOPPER-TOYS-JOHNNY-SERVICE-CAR-WASH-AND-CAR-W-BOX-INSTRUCTIONS/184494260173?hash=item2af4b6ffcd:g:uCgAAOSw-mNfefk-
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Nice Jim,now pick yourself up a car wash for it.. - OMG ! I never knew that was part of their toy line. And I worked one summer at a car wash when I was a teen.
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